Freedom Movies

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

Light Upon Light: A Documentary on Hijab is an intimate and deeply personal exploration of the diverse, raw, and untold stories of hijabi women....

Two British redcoats contemplate their place in the American Revolutionary War and the world at large.

White Eyes is a story of family and how it can free us from feeling trapped in our own loneliness. The boy and the orca mirror each other in their...

The film follows a character facing a silent inner battle, struggling with the fear of speaking up and finding their voice.

During the Algerian war, the road to Beni Boussaid on the Morocco-Algeria border is obstructed by the Morice line, a 430-mile long belt that is...

A young woman travels to Japan in search of closure, after the death of a young family member.

Desperate to escape from the mysterious house she's trapped in, a young woman learns that her only way out is by feeding a young, innocent girl to...

Laya is a young professional photographer who has drifted away from her family. Her father has fallen ill, but she hasn’t once come to visit...

A mind journey through anxiety, pain, social and psychological oppression, to the endless search of personal freedom.

In this French Canadian film, the lives of teenagers are examined in fantasy sequences and through the use of documentary interviews. Prompted by...

After a violent episode in biology class, the outsider Lykke begins to change. There is something very wrong and soon a big showdown with the outside...

With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became...

A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.

When her sister is murdered, an enslaved android must battle her ruthless owner to escape captivity.

A group of kidnapped kids escape to try for freedom.

In the future, through The Terminal technology, the population are physically reconfigured from the nervous system up to fit their next job.

A hazy night in Wellington is lit up with the pulsating colors and sounds of party people exploring their youth and freedom.